Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Today's news: Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal dies--in Chicago, Holocaust denier Norman Finkelstein has a book signing

Simon Wiesenthal, the legendary Nazi-hunter, died this morning in Vienna at age 96.

From the Wiesenthal Center web site:

"Simon Wiesenthal was the conscience of the Holocaust," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the International Human Rights NGO named in Mr. Wiesenthal’s honor, adding, "When the Holocaust ended in 1945 and the whole world went home to forget, he alone remained behind to remember. He did not forget. He became the permanent representative of the victims, determined to bring the perpetrators of the history’s greatest crime to justice. There was no press conference and no president or Prime Minister or world leader announced his appointment. He just took the job. It was a job no one else wanted.

The task was overwhelming. The cause had few friends. The Allies were already focused on the Cold War, the survivors were rebuilding their shattered lives and Simon Wiesenthal was all alone, combining the role of both prosecutor and detective at the same time."

Overcoming the world’s indifference and apathy, Simon Wiesenthal helped bring over 1,100 Nazi War Criminals before the Bar of Justice.

Meanwhile in Chicago, Norman Finkelstein will take part in a book signing at the Barnes & Noble bookstore located on the DePaul University Loop campus at 12:30 pm today. Finkelstein is a DePaul professor who has been called a holocaust denier by the Anti-Defamation League.

Finkelstein will be autographing copies of his latest book, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-semitism and the Abuse of History. The link comes to us from the Barnes & Noble web site, there has been one review of the book-- a five star rave-up from another anti-Semitic Jew, Noam Chomsky.

Finkelstein's writings and speeches are drenched with anti-Israeli comments and sentiments.

And Marathon Pundit readers are well aware what happens to pro-Israel professors at DePaul.

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